FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press release: We, members of Ruach Hiddush, representing the full spectrum of Jewish denominational life, join with lovers of Zion and supporters of Israel in expressing grave concern and dismay regarding the alignment of the Jewish Home and National Union parties with the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party in order to improve their chances … [Read more...] about Ruach Hiddush protests Otzma Yehudit’s Inclusion in the Israeli Election Process
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky: Words from a Broken, Loving, and Hopeful Heart
The recent explosion in anti-Semitic expression including acts of anti-Semitic violence in numerous quarters around the world is not only frightening and alarming, it is eerie and perhaps even ominous. The inevitable and logically-necessary descent of rabid anti-Zionism into the exclusion and even hatred of Jewish people is in plentiful evidence, and rabid anti-Zionism … [Read more...] about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky: Words from a Broken, Loving, and Hopeful Heart
As rabbis of all denominations, we say it is time to abolish Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
Originally posted on JTA Israel’s Chief Rabbinate holds absolute power in key areas over the religious definition of what – and who – is Jewish. This monopoly — empowered, funded and perpetuated by the state — has given the haredi Orthodox-controlled body the license to exclude major segments of the Jewish community within and outside Israel, including adherents of varieties of … [Read more...] about As rabbis of all denominations, we say it is time to abolish Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
Response to the tragedy at Tree of Life synagogue
Special Statement Response to the tragedy at Tree of Life Synagogue Ruach Hiddush Executive Committee Rabbi Prof. Michael Chernick (Chair), Rabbi Les Bronstein, Rabbi Pam Frydman, Rabbi Elliott Kleinman, Rabbi Mark Levin, Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Rabbi Uri Regev (Hiddush President and CEO) Ruach Hiddush, the rabbinic and cantorial … [Read more...] about Response to the tragedy at Tree of Life synagogue
Rebbetzin Rivkah Lubitch’s Facebook response to the treatment of Rabbi Dubi Haiyun
With all due respect to those who are now coming out with declarations that they will continue to marry outside the framework of the Rabbinate - Let us hear you express an opinion about the marriage of mamzerim. Rabbi Dubi Haiyun was not arrested for having performed outside the Rabbinate, but because he did so for a mamzer (according to the Rabbinate). But Rabbi Dubi Hayoun, … [Read more...] about Rebbetzin Rivkah Lubitch’s Facebook response to the treatment of Rabbi Dubi Haiyun